Web archive - August 21, 2024

Technology

Australia approves world's 'largest' solar hub to power 3m homes

The SunCable project costs $24 billion is slated to power three million homes

Pakistan

Aziz Bhatti Park suffers decrepitude

Since the past 15 years, the Aziz Bhatti Park has been in a state of ruins due to the unavailability of funds

World

Bodies of UK tech mogul Mike Lynch, daughter recovered from sunken yacht: Telegraph

The bodies were found in one of the vessel's cabins, trapped between two mattresses

World

Video of Putin kissing Quran during surprise visit to Chechnya goes viral

Grand Mufti of Chechnya also recites a verse from Surah Al-Anfal and provides its translation in Russian for Putin

Entertainment

Alain Delon wanted pet dog Loubo to be buried with him

Alain Delon’s family has decided against euthanizing his pet dog,despite actor's controversial wish

World

Barack Obama's NSFW joke about Trump delights crowd at DNC

Obama's crowd size remark accompanied by hand gesture left viewers at the DNC amused, sparking online discussions

Entertainment

Bodies of billionaire Mike Lynch and daughter recovered from sunken yacht

The bodies of billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were recovered from their sunken yacht off Sicily.

Sports

Joao Felix returns to Chelsea with permanent move from Atletico Madrid

The London club paid around £46 million to secure the Portugal forward on a seven-year contract

World

Fatah commander accused of 'terror attacks' killed in Israeli missile attack

Khalil Maqdah was killed in a missile strike on his car in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon

World

Russia attributes Telegram, WhatsApp outage to cyberattack

The regulator blamed the outage on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting Russia's telecom sector